In what might be a coordinated attack or just some kids who were bored, three different states have reported that electronic roadside construction signs have been hacked. Rather than flashing messages about traffic delays:
Drivers in Collinsville, Ill., saw a sign along southbound Interstate 255 that read, “DAILY LANE CLOSURES DUE TO ZOMBIES.”
A day earlier in Indiana’s Hamilton County, the electronic message on a board in a construction zone warned drivers of “RAPTORS AHEAD — CAUTION.”
And signs in Austin, Texas, recently flashed: “NAZI ZOMBIES! RUN!!!” and “ZOMBIES IN AREA! RUN.”
“We understood it was a hoax, but at the same time those boards are there for a reason,” said Joe Gasaway, an Illinois Department of Transportation supervisory field engineer. “We don’t want (drivers) being distracted by a funny sign.”
Authorities haven’t figured out how pranksters access the signs. Gasaway believes the Illinois sign was changed remotely, and Austin Public Works spokeswoman Sara Hartley suspected the hackers there cut a padlock to get into the signs’ computers.
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i think the hacked road signs are a great way to brighten up the day, especially when you have a screaming 3 year old in the back of the car. keep going lads!!
It’s about time someone did something like this with the signs. This is laugh-out-loud funny.